Amazon Cloud Outage Reveals UK Government’s £1.7 Billion Reliance on AWS
The disruption highlights concerns over state dependency on a single technology provider.
A major Amazon Web Services outage has exposed the UK government’s heavy reliance on the tech giant, with more than £1.7 billion in contracts tied to its cloud infrastructure.
The disruption affected multiple public services, prompting renewed calls for diversification in digital operations.
Experts warn that concentrated dependence on a single provider leaves critical government systems vulnerable to future technical or security failures.